Fenomen pracy zdalnej. Doświadczenia pandemii Covid-19
The Phenomenon of Remote Work. The Experience of the Covid-19 Pandemic

Author(s): Jacek Sójka
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Sociology, Social development, Social Informatics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Adama Mickiewicza
Summary/Abstract: The starting point of this article is that it is difficult not to analyse the impact of the pandemic on society and collective thinking. Many people around the world are re-evaluating their approach to work, earning, the role of material security, and many other fundamental issues that give their lives meaning. The massive scale of the phenomenon made it possible to speak of a global social experiment, the subject of which is the working man, interpersonal relations in the workplace, organisational culture, not to mention the issue of productivity and the quality of work performed.This article analyses remote work during the pandemic. The most common form of this was, of course, working from home. This ‘homecoming’ caused by the pandemic makes researchers reflect on the impact of this on the private lives, careers, work relationships or job satisfaction of a huge number of people. The author also raises the question of emerging expectations and even claims on both sides of the employ- ment relationship after the pandemic. Relevant to this problem are the generational differences within society.An important social issue is that people of certain professions can work remotely: experts of a different kind, managers, teachers, journalists, artists. However, there are many employees who are responsible for activities which cannot be done remotely. We refer to this group as „essential workers”. It is thanks to them that, for example, public transport and commerce functioned during the pandemic. One of the moral lessons of this tragic period – as the article’s author points out – was that we saw how important their role was and how much they risked and sacrificed for the general public.

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